User Documentation

User Manual Managed Switches
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Network without multicast filtering
All hosts receive the multicast traffic, even if they don’t need it.
Network with multicast filtering
Hosts only receive dedicated traffic from other hosts belonging to the same group.
The Weidmüller switch has three ways to achieve multicast filtering: IGMP (Internet Group
Management Protocol) Snooping, GMRP (GARP Multicast Registration Protocol), and adding a
static multicast MAC manually to filter multicast traffic automatically.
IGMP (Internet Group Management Protocol)